Former UP chairman shot dead in Rajbari

Abdul Latif Mia, a former chairman of Rajbari's Banibaha union council, has been shot and killed by a group of unknown assai-lants, reports bdnews24.com.

Latif, the chairman of Banibaha Awami League, was hoping to run for the union council election this year.

He was heading home from Banibaha market on Thursday when he was attacked, police said.

He was rushed to Faridpur Medical College Hospital in critical condition before succumbing to his wounds around 3:30 am en route to Dhaka, according to Rajbari's Additional Superintendent of Police Md Salahuddin.